Review Article
Polymeric Gas-Separation Membranes for Petroleum Refining
Table 14
Economical study for removal of VOCs (1000 ppm) from air to treat 850 Nm
3/h by different technologies [
27].
| | Technology | Capacity (Nm3/h) | Capital cost ($) | Operating costs (per month, $) |
| | Thermal/catalytic oxidation | 1699–849,505 | 280,000 | 15,700 | | Activated carbon | 170–10,194 | <280,000 | 45,000 | | Membranes | 340–2548 | 660,000 | 41,000 |
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